I have yet to get a successfully pollinated squash (summer, zuke, etc.). The boys and girls come out at different times, and since the blossoms last only 1 day, this isn't working out. I bought some bloom booster which I suspect may be a garden store marketing gimmick, but we'll see. Others have prolific amounts of zucchini and yellow squash at this point in the season...why am I having such a problem? Getting frustrated with this - it has been going on for a month now.... I would happily go out and pollinate them myself, if I could only get the male and female blossoms to produce at the same time! For those of you with tons of squash, what's your secret????

Yes, I can see the leaves, that is a primula

Strange, only one lonely flower; very beautiful though ...

I'm not sure where you are in central Texas, but I'm in New Braunfels, in my fourth year of butterfly gardening, and as most people will agree, it's a trial and error thing. I'm always digging up plants that don't work, and trying different ones. Some of my staples that I would not be without are... Pipevines- lots and lots of them, and you will be inundated with pipevine swallotails. Rue- I've had black swallowtails and Giant swallowtails lay eggs on the same plant. Milkweed- I get even numbers of both Queens and Monarchs on my wilkweed. Mexican sunflower (tithonia) attracts more hummingbirds and butterflies than any other flower in my garden (other than mistflower.) Greg's Mistflower- Queens will flock to it. I've counted more than 30 BF in my small patch at once. It does spread out and take over, so make sure to have room. Pentas- the pipevines especially love these for nectar. Buddleia- almost any variety There are many more in my garden, but these are must haves for me. Hope this helps, and good luck. It should be a good year, as we've finally gotten some rain